A little, but extremely helpful, tool that can perform a comparative analysis (or benchmark) of your computer’s hard drives has been upgraded. CrystalDiskMark is available for download below.
This application should be useful for measuring read and write speeds. To use, give the hard drive letter, test file size, and number of iterations. When finished, CrystalDiskMark will provide the average read and write speeds.
To summarize, this is a good benchmarking program for storage devices. Among its advantages is its open-source code, based on Diskpd, developed by Microsoft and MIT many years ago. This software is primarily used to test the performance of solid-state drives and other devices. It operates by reading and writing data to the file system, and by measuring and reporting speed results.
Keep in mind that excessive use of this application can shorten the lifespan of storage devices, which wear out with each write and read operation.
